Incidence and predictors of forearm hematoma during the transradial approach for percutaneous coronary interventions.
CONCLUSIONS: Forearm hematoma following TRA-PCI occurs in about 10% patients. Most hematomas occur near the puncture area. The independent predictors for hematoma formation are age, body mass index, multiple puncture attempts, intensive antiplatelet therapy, and multiple catheter exchanges.
PMID: 31280825 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Indian Heart J - Category: Cardiology Authors: Garg N, Umamaheswar KL, Kapoor A, Tewari S, Khanna R, Kumar S, Goel PK Tags: Indian Heart J Source Type: research
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